User manual

Thank you!
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW.
Our goal when we developed the Nord Electro instruments was to
create the best emulations of traditional electromechanical keyboard
instruments on the market, and to make these instruments compact
and lightweight. With the Electro 4 HP/SW we have taken our commit-
ment a step further, by upgrading the organ, the piano and the effects
sections and also by the ability to use sampled instruments from the
Nord Sample Library in the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW.
This allows us to e.g. include some of the fabulous Mellotron sounds in
the factory sound bank. Each and every piano and sample in the Nord
Electro 4 HP/SW can be replaced by you, using the free Nord Sound
Manager application. New pianos and other sounds are found on the
enclosed Nord DVD and on the www.nordkeyboards.com web site.
A recennt addition to the Electro models is the Electro 4 HP with a
keybed that has a weighted hammer action in a very light-weight pack-
age.
No compromises, just a good selection of outstanding, classic key-
board sounds with true feel, from a natural keyboard response to the
authentic sound quality – that is what we have been pursuing during
the development. To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on
a few things and that is exactly what we tried to achieve. We hope that
you will have as much fun owning and using the instrument, as we had
developing it.
About this manual
You are probably very eager to start using your new instrument, and we
sure don’t want to keep you from having fun. We will try to cover all the
essential aspects on how to use the Electro 4 HP/SW in the very first
few pages of this manual. After that follows the reference section where
all the functions are explained in detail.
Disclaimer
All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the
property of their respective owner’s and are not affiliated or associated
with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to
describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Electro 4 HP/SW.
OS and internal memory
The operating system, programs and pianos and samples in Nord Elec-
tro 4 HP/SW are stored in a Flash memory. A Flash memory keeps the
data also when the power is turned off. Another big advantage is that
you can replace data in the Flash memory at any time. This means that
you will be able to download OS upgrades, pianos and samples and
programs to your Nord Electro 4 HP/SW from a computer. The Nord
Electro 4 HP/SW features a USB port for quick and easy download of
new piano and/or instrument samples.
Factory presets
The program memory of Nord Electro 4 HP/SW consists of 128
programs. In addition there is the Live buffer memory, which will con-
tinuously store any changes as they are made, and remember these
settings after the power is turned off.
All of the 128 factory Programs of Nord Electro 4 HP/SW can be
replaced. To make sure you don’t accidentally overwrite Programs you
want to keep, it’s a good idea to back up your sounds regularly on a
computer using the Nord Sound Manager application.
Restoring the factory presets
The factory Programs are available as Nord Sound Manager backup
files for download at the Nord web site at www.nordkeyboards.com or
on the included Nord DVD.
OS upgrades
The latest OS version for Nord Electro 4 series is available for download
at the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
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Introduction
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